Device for projecting marbles and the like



Jufiy 24, 1928; 1,678,527

N. D. PAYNE DEVICE FOR PROJECTING MARBLES AND THE LIKE Filed Dec. 8, 1927 I ENVENTCR NWQVD Pa gme BY M Patented July 24, 1928.

STATES NORA D. PAYNE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

nnvrcn non raomo'rme MAR-BLES AND THE LIKE.

Application filed December 8, 1927. Serial No. 238,560.

I This invention relates to a device or apparatus employed for projecting marbles, balls and the like, and one object of the in vention, amongst others, is to provide, an improved device of this kind, which is simple in construction and operation. Furthermore, the improved device is so designed that with little practice,-the operator may project the marbles or balls with varied force and with accuracy inaim. Devices previously proposed for projecting marbles, for ex ample, are more or less complicated, and so constructed and designed that the marbles areprojected by the release of a spring device in which stored up energy is released so as to project the marble with more or less the same force and without chance for the operator to utilize his skill. Furthermore,

I previous devices are required to be set for each operation, whereas the presert device requires no setting and the operator 'may exercise his skill with advantage.

An embodiment of the invention will be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein: I

Figure 1 is a side elevation 'of the improved device, and

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the head portion of the device.

Referring to said drawings, the head 1 is preferably composed of sheet meta somewhat in the shape of a scoop having a back wall 2 with sloping side walls 3 and a bottom 5. A supporting rod or staff 5, preferably tubular, is secured to said head 1 and extends, upwardly therefrom. Said tubular staff encloses a plunger rod 6 having an operating 'knob 7 at the upper end. The lower end of said rod 6. is connected to the bellcrank lever 8, which is pivotally mounted on a spindle .9 having bearings in the sidewalls of the head. The connection between the bell-crank lever 8 and the rod 6 includes the arm 10 having an elongated slot 11 so that freedom of movement is permitted. The arm 10 of the bell-crank lever is connected. 'by' a spring 12 to the collar 13 fixedly mounted on the tubular member 5, and is allowed freedom of travel withinthe slot 20 in the head 1. The other arm 14 of the bellcrank lever 8 carries a hammer-15, which is selects-a marble or the like, which rests on the ground or floor, and he need only place the head over the marble so that the same will lie within the hole 17, and then the device is ready for operation. The knob 7 is pushed down with determinable force ap plied, which movement actuates the bell-crank lever 8 and due to the leverage'a slight downward pressure of the knob is correspondingly multiplied and the marble is projected With a force, according to the force applied to the knob or operation handle. The movement to project the marble is against the spring 12,

which is required to be under-tension sufli-' cient only to return the knob 7, rod 6, and bell-crank lever 'to their normal position.

It will be understood various modificatrons may be made in the construction of the improved device, for example, the spring 12 may be enclosed within the tubular member 5, and therefore, the operating lever, etc. will be enclosed entirely within the head, and any such or other modification coming fairly within the terms of the appended claims shall be covered thereby.

I claim 1. A projecting device of the class described having a head, a staff and operating means, said head providing apocket adapted to receive and locate the object to be projected; said operating means comprising an actuating rod, and a lever pivotally mounted within said head operatively associated with said actuating rod.

2. A projecting device of the class described having a head providing a pocket, said pocket having a hole in the bottom thereof adapted to receive and locate the object to be projected, a staff secured to and projecting upwardly from said head; a bellcrank lever pivotally mounted within said head having means for projecting said object and means supported by said staff for operating said lever.

, 3. A projecting device of the class described having a head open at the front end providing a pocket, said pocket having a hole in the bottom thereof adapted to receive and locate the object to be projected; a tubular staff secured to and projecting upwardly amaze? from said head, a hell-crank lever pivotally mounted Within said head having II leiLHS for projecting said object; means supported by said staff for operating said lever; said latter means comprising a plunger rod located Within said stafi and operatively connected with one arm of said lever.

4a. A projecting device of the class described having a head providing an open pocket, said pocket having a hole in the bottom thereof adapted 'to receive and locate the object to be projected; a tubular staff secured to and extending upwardly from said head; a bell-crank lever pivotally mounted Within said head; said lever having a substantially horizontal arm and a substantially vertical arm, a hammer head carried by said vertical arm, a plunger rod supported within said stafi and connected to said horizontal arm; and means for operating said plunger rod.

Signed at New York, county of Bronx, State of New York, this 28 day of Nov. 1927.

' NORA D. PAYNE. 

